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Paul M. LalondePartner

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Paul Lalonde joined Dentons Canada LLP’s Toronto office in 2014 as a Partner. He focuses on government contracting law, international trade, anti-corruption and international arbitration. Mr. Lalonde is one of Canada’s leading experts on government procurement. He has represented clients in numerous government contracting disputes, including before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, the Federal Court of Canada and provincial tribunals. His expertise encompasses anti-dumping and countervail investigations, customs, import and export controls, international sanctions, anti-corruption compliance and investigations and international business. He regularly advises clients on Canada’s international investment commitments, including Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and has played a key role in some of Canada’s highest profile trade disputes including those on softwood lumber, steel and agricultural products.

Mr. Lalonde has the distinction of being one of the few practitioners listed as a leader in international trade law in Lexpert, Chambers Global, the Legal Post and the Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers (Legal Media Group / Euromoney Institutional Investor), as well as in the areas of International Trade and Finance Law and Public Procurement law in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Woodward/White) and in Chambers Global. He is ranked as one of Canada’s pre-eminent lawyers in the procurement law field and has been selected to appear in the premiere edition of the International Who’s Who of Public Procurement Lawyers and is listed in the Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2012 and 2013 as a, “ true specialist” in Public Procurement. He was also named Corporate INTL Magazine's 2011 Public Procurement Lawyer of the Year in Canada. In 2012, he was named Toronto Lawyer of the Year in International Trade and Finance Law by The Best Lawyers in Canada (Woodward/White). Mr. Lalonde has been recognized by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in international trade relations and is listed in the 2013 Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada.

Since 2010, he has been an advisor for the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) project of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council.

In 2001, Mr. Lalonde was nominated to become a Roster Panellist under the Agreement on Internal Trade and, in July 2002 and June 2004, was appointed panellist on the fourth and fifth dispute resolution panels created under this Agreement. Paul is also a listed arbitrator on the ICDR Canada Panel of Arbitrators. He has been a guest professor in international trade law at the University of Ottawa, has lectured at Osgoode Hall Law School and Queen’s University and is a frequent speaker at conferences in his areas of expertise. A contributing editor of North American Corporate Lawyer and the Government Purchasing Guide, Mr. Lalonde has published several articles in his areas of interest and is a sought-after media commentator in his areas of expertise.

Mr. Lalonde has held numerous leadership positions in the Bar, including as Co-chair of the International Bar Association North American Forum, Chair of the Canadian Bar Association, National Section on International Law and of the International Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association, and Chair of the International Procurement Committee of the American Bar Association International Law Section. Mr. Lalonde has been named a Trustee of the International Bar Association Foundation and is also a founding member of the Canadian Bar Association Joint Committee on Anti-corruption and Chair of the Legal Committee of Transparency International - Canada. Mr. Lalonde has been nominated to a number of industry advisory committees and corporate boards, including TVOntario, TFO, la télévision éducative et culturelle de l’Ontario français, and was former Secretary and Legal Counsel of I.E. Canada, the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters.

Experience

Harris Corporation/Harris Canada Systems Inc.: Acting as Canadian corporate and regulatory counsel to this leader in tactical communications, geospatial systems and services, air traffic management, environmental solutions, avionics and electronic warfare, and space and intelligence, in connection with the sale of its government information technology services business to an affiliate of Veritas Capital for US$690 million.

Pipe and Piling Supplies Limited: Advising in one of the largest global anti-corruption, sanctions and anti-money laundering investigations to date.

Confidential client: Acting as counsel to large international road-works equipment manufacturer in major bid-rigging and anti-corruption internal investigation and negotiating with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada following enforcement actions in Canada.

Confidential client: Advising with respect to developing procurement, anti-corruption and corporate governance policies and programs for state-owned enterprise organizing a major international event.

Thales: Acting as counsel in a bid challenge of a major defense acquisition RFP for an integrated soldier system before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal and the Federal Court of Appeal.

MHPM Project Managers: Advising in a procurement-related access to information appeal before the Federal Court of Canada.

Confidential client: Advising an international exposition corporation on a major corporate governance and business ethics initiative.

Corn Products International and Casco: Acting as lead counsel in the Corn Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duty case, the largest trade remedies investigation initiated by Canada in recent years.

Confidential client: Acting as co-counsel on the NAFTA Chapter 11 claim brought by the Canadian Cattlemen for Fair Trade against the Government of the United States.

Government of Djibouti: Acting as lead counsel selected by the World Bank to carry out a major reform of the government contracting laws of Djibouti.

Government of Quebec: Representing in the softwood lumber trade dispute with the United States and in the negotiation of the Canada Europe Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.

Confidential clients: Representing numerous suppliers against Public Works and Government Services Canada and other federal departments, in bid challenges at the Canadian International Trade Tribunal.

Confidential clients: Acting as lead counsel in various anti-dumping and countervailing duty actions including those launched by Canada against Chinese exports of certain piling pipe, copper pipe-fittings, replacement steel fuel tanks, laminate flooring, fasteners and Venetian blinds, among others. Successfully representing foreign producers and trading companies, obtaining advantageous margins of dumping for the firm’s clients and representing them throughout the dumping and injury phases of the investigations.

Confidential clients: Acting as panelist on the fourth (selected by the Government of New Brunswick) and fifth (selected by British Columbia and Alberta) dispute resolution panels created under the Agreement on Internal Trade.

Confidential client: Acting as lead counsel to a coalition of Canadian furniture importers and manufacturers in successfully defeating a punitive safeguards investigation against imports from China.

Confidential client: Acting as counsel for US. steel producers before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal and NAFTA Chapter 19 panels in anti-dumping actions.

Recognition

Recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as one of Canada's leading lawyers in the area of International Trade Regulation (2011–2019)

Recognized in Acritas as an Acritas Star™ (2018, 2019)

Recognized in Chambers Global as a leading lawyer in the areas of International Trade/WTO - Canada (2006–2019) and Public Procurement - Canada (2009–2015)

Recognized in The Legal 500 Canada as a “Leading Lawyer” in the areas of International Trade (2016–2019), Public Procurement (2015–2019) and as a ranked lawyer in the area of International Trade (2015)

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in International Trade and Finance Law (2006–2019) and Public Procurement Law (2010–2019)

Recognized by Lawyers Worldwide Awards Magazine as a Global Leading Lawyer (2018)

Awarded "Leading Anti-Corruption Law Adviser of the Year - Canada" by Acquisition International magazine (2018)

Recognized by Chambers Canada as a leading lawyer in the areas of International Trade/WTO (2016–2019) and Public Procurement (2016–2019)

Recognized by Who’s Who Legal as a leading lawyer in the areas of Trade and Customs: Lawyer (2017, 2018) Government Contracts (2015, 2016, 2018) and Public Procurement (2014)

Recognized by Who’s Who Legal Canada as a leading lawyer in the areas of Government Contracts (2015–2018), Trade & Customs (2014–2018) and Public Procurement (2014)

Recognized by the Lexpert Special Edition – Canada’s Leading Infrastructure Lawyers (2017)

Awarded “Best International Trade Law Practice & Government Contracting Law Attorney of the Year – Canada” by Acquisition International magazine (2017)

Identified as one of Canada’s best practitioners in Global Investigations Review’s Investigator’s Guide to Canada (2017)

Recognized by Expert Guides – The world’s leading lawyers chosen by their peers, in International Trade Law, Toronto (2017)

Recognized by the Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada (2012–2017) in the area of International Trade Regulation

Recognized by Expert Guides in the area of International Trade and Shipping: International Trade (2014, 2015)

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for International Trade and Finance Law, Toronto (2014) and Public Procurement Law, Toronto (2012)

Co-author (with Mark Hines), “Yugraneft v. Rexx Management: Limitation periods under the New York Convention,” Canadian Bar Association National Section on International Law's 2010 International Law Conference entitled The Future of Canada-U.S. Cross-Border Relations, Vancouver, May 6-7, 2010

Co-Author (with Alexandru Farcas) “Still in the Tunnel: The Ongoing Dilemma of Doing Business with Cuba. An Update on U.S. Extraterritorial Measures and Canada’s Response,” Canadian International Lawyer, Vol. 7, No. 4, 2009

Improving Access to the Canadian Market for Least Developed Countries: Understanding the Impact of Recent Initiatives i.e. Global, The Magazine of the Canadian Association of Importers & Exporters Inc., 2002-2003

"Contract A if Necessary but not Necessarily Contract A," Summit, April 6, 2004

New Developments in Competitive Contracting Law, notes for a presentation to the Purchasing Management Conference, Yellowknife, November 24, 2003

E-Procurement for Government, notes for a presentation to the Purchasing Management Conference, Yellowknife, November 24, 2003

From Hammurabi to George W.: The Operational, Legal and Business Environment of Post-Saddam Iraq, notes for a presentation at the International Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, September 15, 2003

Summit: The Business of Public Sector Procurement: CITTing In – a lawyer’s take on the Canadian International Trade Tribunal

Speaker, "The Dangers of Doing Business Abroad: Implications of the Niko Case," Conference Board of Canada, Council for Security Executives, Montreal, April 12, 2012

Chair, "Public Private Partnerships, Europe. What do European Companies Know that the Rest of the World Can Learn?" American Bar Association Fall 2010 Meeting, Paris, November 2-6, 2010

Co-Chair and Speaker, "Ensuring Fairness and Transparency in the Procurement Process," 7th Annual Legal and Business Guide to Public Procurement, The Canadian Institute, Ottawa, January 20 – January 21, 2010

Public Procurement Law and Practice: Recent Tendering Law Developments, The Advanced Course in Public Procurement Law and Practice, Osgoode Professional CLE, Toronto, January 22-23, 2009

The Law of Tendering and the Privilege Clause, The Canadian Institute's 6th Annual Legal & Business Guide to Public Procurement, Ottawa, January 19, 2009

Lessons from the School of Hard Knocks: Extraterritorial Reach of North American Laws on Multinational Corporations Doing Business with Cuba, International Bar Association Annual Conference 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 16, 2008